title: DN_0001_4688_windows_process_creation
description: >
  Windows process creation log, not including command line
loggingpolicy:
  - LP_0001_windows_audit_process_creation
references:
  - https://github.com/MicrosoftDocs/windows-itpro-docs/blob/95b9d7c01805839c067e352d1d16702604b15f11/windows/security/threat-protection/auditing/event-4688.md
category: OS Logs
platform: Windows
type: Windows Log
channel: Security
provider: Microsoft-Windows-Security-Auditing
fields:
  - EventID
  - Hostname            # redundant
  - SubjectUserSid
  - SubjectUserName
  - SubjectDomainName
  - SubjectLogonId
  - NewProcessId
  - NewProcessName
  - TokenElevationType
  - ProcessId
  - ProcessPid
  - TargetUserSid
  - TargetUserName
  - TargetDomainName
  - TargetLogonId
  - ParentProcessName
  - MandatoryLabel
  - ProcessName         # redundant
  - Image               # redundant
sample: |
  - <Event xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/win/2004/08/events/event">
    - <System>
      <Provider Name="Microsoft-Windows-Security-Auditing" Guid="{54849625-5478-4994-A5BA-3E3B0328C30D}" />
      <EventID>4688</EventID>
      <Version>2</Version>
      <Level>0</Level>
      <Task>13312</Task>
      <Opcode>0</Opcode>
      <Keywords>0x8020000000000000</Keywords>
      <TimeCreated SystemTime="2015-11-12T02:24:52.377352500Z" />
      <EventRecordID>2814</EventRecordID>
      <Correlation />
      <Execution ProcessID="4" ThreadID="400" />
      <Channel>Security</Channel>
      <Computer>WIN-GG82ULGC9GO.contoso.local</Computer>
      <Security />
    </System>
    - <EventData>
      <Data Name="SubjectUserSid">S-1-5-18</Data>
      <Data Name="SubjectUserName">WIN-GG82ULGC9GO$</Data>
      <Data Name="SubjectDomainName">CONTOSO</Data>
      <Data Name="SubjectLogonId">0x3e7</Data>
      <Data Name="NewProcessId">0x2bc</Data>
      <Data Name="NewProcessName">C:\\Windows\\System32\\rundll32.exe</Data>
      <Data Name="TokenElevationType">%%1938</Data>
      <Data Name="ProcessId">0xe74</Data>
      <Data Name="TargetUserSid">S-1-5-21-1377283216-344919071-3415362939-1104</Data>
      <Data Name="TargetUserName">dadmin</Data>
      <Data Name="TargetDomainName">CONTOSO</Data>
      <Data Name="TargetLogonId">0x4a5af0</Data>
      <Data Name="ParentProcessName">C:\\Windows\\explorer.exe</Data>
      <Data Name="MandatoryLabel">S-1-16-8192</Data>
    </EventData>
  </Event>